Government Department Meeting Minutes 8-23-2007

 

Meeting Date:                 August 23, 2007

Time:                                      6:30 PM

Location:                             4201 NRG

Chair:                                     Glen Hunt

 

Members Present:  Shina Amachigh, Stephen Black, Jonathan Buckstead, Marcee Champion, Rick Collis, Cecile Durish, Karry Evans, Beth Fischenich, Ron Fletcher, Michele Gallman,  Russ Gardner, Frank Garrahan, Ted Hadzi-Antich, Vicki Hammond, David Hinkelmann, Glen Hunt, Neil Jeffery, Michael Kelley, Lynn Lehle, Charles Miles, Jeff Millstone, Carl Mullen, Ed Mullen, Paz Pena, Lisa Perez-Nichols, Reza Rezaee, Anaka Rivera, Veronica Rodriguez, Kris Seago, Nort Seever, Cathie Setzer, Mark Stephens, and Marilyn Yale.

 

Agenda Item: Chair's Report

Presenter:         Glen Hunt

Discussion:      

 

1. Beginning of the year packets containing Government Department Handbooks were distributed.

2. Everyone was reminded to post office hours on-line, submit a syllabus, print your class roster and check roll the first few class days, and to notify the campus manager if you have to miss a class.

3. New full-time and adjunct faculty were introduced.

3. The department has a new evaluation website which can be accessed from the Government Department web page (http://www.austincc.edu/govtdept/ ).

4. A short discussion was held on the new 6 withdrawal rule.

5. Everyone was reminded of the new ACCeID.

6. Kris Seago is available to help all faculty in the development of a webpage.

 

Agenda Item: Adjunct Faculty Hiring Committee Report

Presenter:        Lynn Lehle

Discussion:       Lynn discussed the plans for the committee for the upcoming year.

Decision/Follow-Up items:    Interviews will be held later in the fall.

Person Responsible:  Lynn Lehle

 

Agenda Item: Student Assessment Committee Report

Presenter:        Shina Amachigh

Discussion:       The Student Assessment pre-tests and post-tests have been distributed to 21 randomly selected instructors.

Decision/Follow-Up items:    Results will be reported in the spring.

Person Responsible:  Shina Amachigh

 

Agenda Item: Faculty Evaluation Committee Report

Presenter:        Lisa Perez-Nichols

Discussion:       Portfolios are due in by November 2, 2006.  The department has an evaluation webpage found at (http://www.austincc.edu/lperez/faculty-evals/index.html )

Decision/Follow-Up items:    Portfolio training will be held on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 10:00 am in HBC 411.

Person Responsible:  Lisa Perez-Nichols

 

Agenda Item: Faculty Development Committee Report

Presenter:        Jeff Millstone

Discussion:         The Government Department book Club meeting will be held on Friday, October 19, 2007 at 2:30 pm.  Location will be announced soon. The Department is cohosting Constitution Day on September 27, 2007 with details to follow.

Decision/Follow-Up items:    The October 12 Brown Bag seminar will feature one of our adjuncts, Reza Rezaee.

Person Responsible: Jeff Millstone

 

Agenda Item: Curriculum Committee Report

Presenter:        Paz Pena

Discussion:       Paz announced that his committee would be considering proposed changes to department course standards as well as any new course proposals.

Decision/Follow-Up items:    None

Person Responsible:  Paz Pena

 

Agenda Item: Distance Learning Orientation Subcommittee

Presenter:        Frank Garrahan

Discussion:       Frank updated the group on the progress of the Distance Learning self-assessment

Decision/Follow-Up items: The self-assessment should be available by the end of the semester.

Person Responsible:  Frank Garrahan

 

Agenda Item: Government Blackboard Subcommittee

Presenter:        Cecile Durish

Discussion:       Cecile announced that her subcommittee would be working on establishing a Blackboard page for all Government faculty to share teaching ideas.  This will be a resource for sharing unique and innovative ideas with all of us.

Decision/Follow-Up items: None

Person Responsible:  Cecile Durish

 

Agenda Item: Textbook list change

Presenter:        Glen Hunt

Discussion:       Glen announced that a new edition of the Magleby text will be available in the spring

Decision/Follow-Up items:    The department approved the addition of the text to the approved list.

Person Responsible: Glen Hunt

 

 

Agenda Item: Travel requests

Presenter:        Glen Hunt

Discussion:       Glen presented travel requests from Dr. Judy Nwachie for NMUN Conference in April and the INMP Training in November and Dr. Marilyn Yale for the APSA Convention in August

Decision/Follow-Up items:    The Department approved these requests.

Person Responsible: None

 

Agenda Item: Civic Participation

Presenter:         Cathie Setzer

Discussion:       Cathie explained the Annette Strauss program and also asked for volunteers for her voter registration project.

Decision/Followup items: None

Person responsible:    None

 

Next Meeting Date:  October 12, 2007,  HBC 411, 1:00 pm with a Brown Bag beginning at 12:00 noon in the same room.